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Elbaite Tourmaline from Brainerd Quarry (near Gillette Q.), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

 
Elbaite Tourmaline from Brainerd Quarry (near Gillette Q.), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Elbaite Tourmaline from Brainerd Quarry (near Gillette Q.), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Elbaite Tourmaline from Brainerd Quarry (near Gillette Q.), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Elbaite Tourmaline from Brainerd Quarry (near Gillette Q.), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut

DESCRIPTION:No. 58126
Mineral:Elbaite Tourmaline
Locality:Brainerd Quarry (near Gillette Q.), Haddam Neck, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Description:Lustrous dark green-black elbaite tourmaline crystal with striated prism faces and the-faces pyramidal termination. Cahn listed it as from Gillette Quarry, but Jarnot (an expert on Connecticut minerals) corrected the locality to the Brainerd Quarry. Ex. Bruce Jarnot collection; ex. Ex. Lazard Cahn (1865-1940)
Overall Size:5.5x2x2 cm
Crystals:55 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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